Guabd fob guys and the like



May 3, 1927. 1,627,423

FQN. BIVERCE GUARD FOR GUYS AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 9, 1924 pin- ,2:

IN VEN TOQ RED N. BIERCE .87 @22 A TTOENEY Patented May 3, 1927.

UNITED STATES FRED N. BIERCE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

GUARD FOR GUYS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed October 9, 1924. Serial No. 742,625.

My invention relates to guards for protecting guy wires, and its object is to pro vide a simple, efiicient and economical guard which is adapted to prevent collision by pedestrians or others with wires, rods or similar thin and difiicultly seen objects, especially guy ropes, wires or rods ,for poles upon streets or highways; or at least to minimize the damage to the person or object colliding with such objects.

Another object of the invention is to provide a guard of neat and attractive appearance which will completely surround and protect the wire or rope from all directions and which may be applied to and removed from the wire after it is secured in position.

My invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as herein set forth and claimed.

In the drawing: 1

Fig. 1 is a general perspective view of a pole and its guy rod or rope secured to an anchor rod which does not project far out of the ground, and the guard embodying my invention being mounted partly over the guy wire and partly over the anchor rod;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the lower part of the guy wire attached to an anchor rod that projects a considerable distance out of the ground, the guard embodying my inventionbeing mounted partly on the guy wire and partly on the anchor rod;

Fig. 3 isa transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 enlarged;

Fig. 4 is a side view of part of the guard and guy wire or rope and the attaching means; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, longitudinal sections on lines corresponding to line 5-6 of Fig. 2, showing the upper and lower mountings.

As I prefer to construct my invention,th e guard comprises a main body part 1 of splral form. As here shown the cross section is circular; and for the usual purposes the diameter is about 3 inches and the length about 8 feet. The material is preferably steel, about one-eighth inch thick. It is provided adjacent each end and near the center with holes 2 and 3.

Combined with this body 1 are U-bolts 4 having their legs 5 passed through said holes 2 and 3 in the body 1 from the exterior so that the transverse part 6 of U-bolt 4 lies against the convex exterior of the body 1. Inside the body, a block 7 is fitted between the legs 5 of U-bolt 4 against the concave interior of the body. This block 7 is considerably shorter than the legs 5 and in its end away from where it bears against the body 1 it has a notch 8 which receives the guy 9. A clamp bar 10 with notch 11 receiving the other side of the guy 9 has openlugs 12 which fit over the outer ends of legs 5 and these outer ends are threaded and received by nuts 13 which thus clamp the guy 9 between the elements 7 and 10 and also clamp the body 1 to the element 7 by drawmg the transverse part 6 against the outside of the body. The element 7 is preferably made to conform in shape .on its end next to body 1 so as to bear solidily thereagainst, and also preferably has grooves 1d inits sides to fit around the adjacent sides of the legs 5 and keep the block 7 from slipping lengthwise of the device out of the U-bolt. The notches 8 and 11 prevent transverse sllppage of the device on guy 9.

Three of the mountings made up as above described are provided at a sufficient distance apart along the guard preferably one at each end and one near the center, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This allows the lower mounting to be fixed below attachment 15 to the anchor rod 16, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 and allows the lower part of the guard to be sufiiciently close to the ground to guard against damage and collision with the adjacent parts of guy 9.

The guard is preferably given a very light color of painting on all sides, or galvanized because one of the important functions of the device is not only to minimize the damage of collision by providing a more widely extended surface than that of the guy or rod, but to afiord a signal or marker for the guy or rod that will be readily seen in darkness, thereby reducing the chance of collision with the guy or rod. Ordinarily any device that completely surrounds the guy, (such as a tube) or lies too close thereto, or which meets the ground, will cause a collection of moisture which will be held around the guy or rod, resulting in corrosion of the guy or rod, especially the former, so

as to seriously impair its strength. However, my construction and arrangement entirely overcomes these objections because of its open formation and manner of mounting permittin the suns rays to penetrate through t e guard and between it and the guy and rod, respectively.

The jaws or edges of the notches 8 and 11 are finished smoothly enough that they will not damage the wire or cable and, holding the body of the guard far away from the guy or cable, there is no damage to the wire or cable by abrasion with the guard.

The block '7 is preferably made to fit tightly between the legs of the U-bolt 3 so that body 1 may have said U-bolt and block assembled on it and ready to receive bar 10 and nuts 13 after the guy or rod has been received in notches 8 and 11 between block 7 and bar 10, as before described. The device is very readily installed either before or after the guy wire is anchored to the guy rod; especially when furnished as just described.

Having fully described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Fatent is:

1. it guy wire nrotector comprising a spiral member and means for securing said member the v 2. A guy 'wire protector comprising a spiral member having a plurality of holes therein, a clamp block, a clamp bar, a U- bolt and means for securing said parts together through said holes upon a guy.

' 3. The combination of a guy wire secured in position at each end, and a spiral guard therefor adapted to be secured thereon or removed therefrom without disturbing said guy wire.

4. The combination of a guy wire secured in position at each end, a spiral guard'adapted to surround said guy wire and having a plurality of sets of holes therethrough, U- bolts each having its legs adapted to extend through a set of said holes, a clamping block mounted between said U-bolt and said guard, a clamping bar having holes there through receiving the legs'ot said U-bolt and nuts secured on said legs whereby said guard is secured on said guy in spaced apart position there-from.

5. In combination with a uy wire secured in position at each end, a at spiral guard adapted to encircle the guy wire and means above the ground for securing said guard ateach end to said guy wire.

6.. In combination with a guy wire secured in position at each end, a spiral guard.

adapted to encircle said guy wire, and means above the ground to secure said guard at each end to said guy wire.

FRED N. BIERCE. 

